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Alternative Courses of Action Advantages Disadvantages

The document discusses alternative courses of action for a delivery company and their advantages and disadvantages. It suggests that managers learn the basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. It also proposes organizing programs for organizational behavior, changing staff involved in a controversy, requiring monthly supervisor meetings, evaluating employees to find areas for improvement, using the goal-setting theory of motivation to improve incentives, and giving specific sanctions for disobedience. The goal is to improve employee performance, loyalty and address issues, but it may increase expenses, create competition or conflict among employees, and make the environment too strict.

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Alternative Courses of Action Advantages Disadvantages

The document discusses alternative courses of action for a delivery company and their advantages and disadvantages. It suggests that managers learn the basic managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling. It also proposes organizing programs for organizational behavior, changing staff involved in a controversy, requiring monthly supervisor meetings, evaluating employees to find areas for improvement, using the goal-setting theory of motivation to improve incentives, and giving specific sanctions for disobedience. The goal is to improve employee performance, loyalty and address issues, but it may increase expenses, create competition or conflict among employees, and make the environment too strict.

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Alternative Course of Action

Alternative Courses of Action Advantages Disadvantages

Managers should learn the  To attain the organizational  Employees might rebel
Basic Managerial Functions goal effectively and because of the strict
which are planning, efficiently. environment.
organizing, leading and  To organize plans for
controlling. betterment of the team
while directing employees
in their own roles and
ultimately controlling the
plan to function as one.
Organize programs for  It will motivate employees  It is too expensive to
organizational behavior to and managers to perform organize programs.
managers and workers. better and change their  Employees might not
negative attitude towards attend the program.
delivering parcels.  Time consuming.
 Improves employee loyalty
towards the organization.
Change staffs who were  It will please customers  A branch would have to
involved in the controversy. and gain their trust for stop functioning because of
taking immediate action the lower number of
towards the workers in the employees.
“viral video”.  A delay with delivery
parcels would happen thus
displeasing consumers.

The department manager will  Supervisor of every branch  Additional expenses for the
require each supervisor in each will be able to monthly meeting
branch to have a monthly communicate with his/her  Time consuming.
meeting with his/her staffs.
subordinates.  The staffs can inform the
supervisors their concerns
regarding to their work.
Managers will evaluate its  It enables managers to  It requires a lot of time and
employee and look for the monitor the performance effort
areas of improvement. and attitude of each  Employees might find it
employees when working. annoying that they are
Gives managers a chance being watch all the time.
to recognize employee who  Employees might feel
performed well during the pressured in doing their
period and those assign tasks.
employees who lack
evaluate company rules
and regulations.
Using the Goal-Setting Theory  Workers with  It will create a competition
of Motivation to have a better dysfunctional behavior and among employees resulting
incentives and disincentives unmotivated workers will to further conflicts.
system to maintain a good be encouraged to do their  Additional expenses to the
quality performance. job well. company because of the
 It maintains the quality added incentives.
performance of motivated
workers.
Specific sanction shall be  The employees will be  It would create a strict and
given to the employee that more careful of their action uncomfortable atmosphere
commits disobedience or when working. in the team.
mischief at work.  Mistakes will be lessen as  It will affect the
they are being conscious to relationship of the
their action and behavior. managers to the staffs

Basic Managerial Function

Goal Setting Theory of Motivation

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